Early start. It is friday, november 24th, 5 00 a. M. In the east. Signs this morning that former National Security adviser Michael Flynn may be preparing to plead guilty in mueller are muellers special investigation. Flynns lawyers saying they are no longer able to share information. Sources say this could mean flynn is preparing to plead guilty. The New York Times first reporting the change, indicating flynn could be working with prosecutors. Lawyers on trumps legal team say thats not necessarily the case and the change is not entirely unexpected. This comes weeks after cnn reported flynn was worried about the possible legal exposure faced by his son, Michael Flynn jr. Witnesses interviewed by muellers team say they have asked about flynns sons business dealings. People acting as agents for foreign entities are legally required to disclose those relationships of which flynn is accused of having done. President trump is at maralago where hes celebrating thanks giving. President trump has a packed schedule next week. On the holiday he took time to thank the troops and praise himself. Senior White House Correspondent jeff zeleny filed this report from West Palm Beach. Reporter President Trump spent thanksgiving at his marc maralago resort. The president delivered a message thanking them for their service as most commanders in chief have done. He went on to visit a coast guard station not far from his resort. He talked about the good work the coast guard has done throughout the Hurricane Season in this country and in puerto rico. Also gave some praise to himself for the condition of the country. I told them, our country is doing great. You folks are fighting so hard and working so hard. And its nice youre working for something thats really starting to work. Weve cut back so much on regulation and all the waste and all the abuse and the stock market on friday hit the alltime high. The highest its ever been. And that means your 401 k s and all of the things you have. Whether its even if youre in the military. You have a country thats really starting to turn. The president also taking time for a few hours on the golf course at his golf course in West Palm Beach and having dinner with his family at mar marala maralago. He will be talking with his advisers and others as he prepares for a big week ahead next week. The big vote in the senate on the tax plan. So many other things on the agenda in december. The president will also be enjoying a little bit more time of this respite before returning to washington on sunday. Jeff, thanks for that. Senator al franken is offering a new apology in response to the most recent accusation of Sexual Harassment he faces. The minnesota democrat was seeking forgiveness after a woman said he grabbed her rear while taking this photo with her at the Minnesota State fair in 2010. Its the first claim of improper touching after franken took office. He said, identify met tens of thousands of people and taken thousands of photographs, often in crowded and chaotic situations. Some people have found my greegtz or embraces for a hug inappropriate and i respect their feelings about that. Franken has already apologized to a radio anchor who said he forcibly kissed her. You can see that picture there, appeared to grope her in 2006 when he was a comedian. Joining us to discuss the days news, for the first time Washington Examiner commentary writer, beck adams. Thanks for having me. We have to ask about this news coming about Michael Flynn, should we read into the fact that his lawyers will no longer work with President Trumps team . We dont know exactly where this is going. As you mentioned, this could be an indication he might plead guilty. It could be an indication hes working with muellers team. At this moment we dont know exactly what it means. All we don is flynn is not in the clear, obviously, in that he has been in this precarious situation since being a member of the transition team. He is actually the reason were looking at this investigation because of what he told mike pence about his conversations and the payments he took from turkey. Right now we dont know him breaking off from the white house signals anything worse for him. We do know that hes not any closer to being in the clear about anything. At this moment its one of those things where we need to hold fire and see where it goes from here. The indications dont look good. I think thats the best we can say. It doesnt look good and another distraction for this white house that has to answer for a lot of things that dont have anything to do with the problem at hand. Flynn was supposed to be one of the top guys coming in, someone trump leaned on a lot during the election. Since then flynn has become this painful, searing migraine, basically. At this point i dont think the white house shakes him. They dont shake anything they have done and flynn jr. Has been drawn into this and i dont know what painkiller it can take to get rid of this. The president is using thanksgiving day to taut his own leadership and own successes. When you heard him yesterday he was talking about a stock market that had a record high, unemployment at 17year low. Once again, in true to form, he takes credit for all of that, even though all of this began this it is the eighth year for rally for stocks. The president talks about peoples 401 k s, half of americans dont have a 401 k , the people who voted for him dont feel this, they were in the same situation as they were at the end of the Obama Administration and he starts to lose that message . I think the people who might not feel what hes talking about, i dont know if theyll necessarily blame him for it. Thats something well see not just this year but next year and through a lot of his administration that people feeling the economic pinch arent necessarily going to blame him for it. One thing hes good at is distancing himself for blame. We see that the way legislation doesnt exactly move the way he wants in the white house pardon me, in congress. Hes very quick to sign blame where things go. Hes very quick as we saw in his thanksgiving mess aage to claim victory where he believes it is. Trump, watching his message yesterday, hes really good at working a room. For a lot of us, if were not there with him, sometimes it seems silly, crass. A good example is when he was doing tpaper towel tossing. People were laughing, it was kind of funny. He jokingly picked up a can of chicken soup and going to pretend to do it. Hes really good at working a room. Its a good example, i can bring up the howard dean scream. Everyone there said it was totally normal, for us hearing it on television it didnt come across well. Likewise, his message, hes a businessman, all about branding, his image. Hell take credit for the stock market. If he that howard dean scream echoes in eternity on youtube. A cringeworthy moment. The president said something talking to the troops, specifically him taking a swipe at the Previous Administration and then taking credit for isis. The fight against isis, its coming our way. Its coming our way. A big, big difference. They say weve made more progress against isis than they did in years of the Previous Administration. And thats because im letting you do your job. So, the president not only talking about tax reform but the stock market, the shortcomings, from his perspective, of the Previous Administration, obamacare. Why include all of that in message to troops on thanksgiving. Trump is touting himself as a businessman. You go into a boardroom, you dont just say hey, heres one business deeshlgs you talk about it, you list up all of your credentials, look at what im doing for the world, look at what im doing for you. It is a cheerleading speech for the troops, which we would expect from the president on thanksgiving day. Hes not going to go in, thins are rough, theres a russian investigation, my polling is horrible. Its all rah rah rah inspect hes saying things hes taking a victory lap are things he cant necessarily claim victory but hes going to do it anyway. This is an oldschool businessman and part of the marketing technique he does. Beckett adams, thank you for coming on board so early. Thanks for having me. A bit of sad news to pass along. The u. S. Navy is ending their search for three sailors who went missing after a crash off okinawa, japan. Eight people were, fortunately, rescued and are in Good Condition aboard the carrier. The navy is withholding the names of the three sailors missing until their family members can be notified. Officials say the cause of the crash is still being investigated. The suspect in the Fatal Shooting of a texas state trooper is now in custody. Authorities say the Texas Department of Safety Officer damon allen was killed during a highway traffic stop on thanksgiving. Necessity say he was returning to his patrol vehicle when the suspect fired at him multiple times with a rifle. The alleged gunman identified as 32yearold david black fled the scene and later captured in near houston. Staying in texas, a woman is being charged with mailing homemade exclose sif to the states governor and then president obama. A third package was sent to the Social Security security administration. Julia poff pled not guilty. She was upset because she applied for essential security benefits and had been denied. The package sent to president obama was detected by security screening but the Court Documents say Texas Governor greg abbott actually opened his package, though it failed to explode because he didnt open it as it was designed to be opened. How fortunate. A suspect fleeing police in oakland deliberately ran over and skilled a sheriffs officer. The deputy just deployed spikes and was on the side of the road when the suspect swefshed to him hit. The 50yearold slain officer was a 22year veteran of the force. Nearly 150 people turned out for a vigil last night, which his widow called amazing. Breaking overnight. South Africas Supreme Court has more than doubled the murder sentence of blade runner Oscar Pistorius to 13 years, 5 months. The prosecution appealed the earlier sentence of six years as being too lenient. Pistoriuss lawyers say that he has the option of appealing this new sentence, though they havent decided whether to do that or not. 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Used to be Midnight Black friday, that quickly became thanksgiving evening so thats several reasons why we arent seeing the massive crowds were accustomed to seeing outside americas major retailers. Many other people are choosing to go online rather than stand in line. Many major deals offered by major retailers, including target, you can find online. Many people would rather stay at home from their couch instead of braving the cold and crowds and taking advantage of those steals. As youre about to hear in a few moments of the numbers, retailers are preparing for that, they are expecting for more people to do their shopping online rather than in stores but at this point retailers taking anything they can get. They want to take a benefit from High Consumer confidence. Many people are looking forward to spending to this Holiday Season here. Really, again, anywhere you put it, there certainly is a tradition of black friday but it certainly has changed over years, boris. One tradition im going to miss is seeing those viral videos of people fighting in stores over tvs and that kind of thing. Nothing like saying thanks with consumerism and knocking out your fellow american. Thank you. This black friday could be the last for some of americas retailers. Shoppers are expected to spend more than ever this Holiday Season but the question is where. 59 of shoppers will choose to shop online this year. Thats the first time spending more online than at the store. Thats according to the National Retail federation. More likely to go on your phone than go to a Big Box Store like target or walmart and brave the crowds. Nearly 7,000 store closures have been announced in 2017. Toys r us, radio shack, have filed bankruptcy. Online shopping is speeding up change in the industry. One bad Holiday Season could be enough to close a store that would have survived in the past. 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